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Old Dec 17, 2003, 08:17 AM   #1
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exclamation nForce
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Could someone please tell me what the new nForce motherboards are and what they do? Im interested to upgrade to nForce and wondered if it was worth the while.

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Old Dec 17, 2003, 08:20 AM   #2
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Welcome to DH bro!! - Say hi to the fam for me!!

The NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 incorporates dual 400MHz DDR controllers, delivering twice the bandwidth of typical DDR chipsets, an optimized 128-bit architecture, and 400MHz frontside bus (FSB) support for unparalleled performance. The NVIDIA nForce2 400 relies on a single 64-bit memory channel to deliver 400 MHz FSB and 400MHz DDR performance to the mainstream.

Here is an NForce2 roundup review of what is best out there! Check it out
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Old Dec 17, 2003, 12:36 PM   #3
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Welcome to DH d4rkz!



Take Funky's advice that is the right choice.
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Old Dec 17, 2003, 04:15 PM   #4
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Hay thanks my brother referred me here. says this place is pretty good
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Old Dec 17, 2003, 04:21 PM   #5
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Hope you continue to enjoy it and stay around bud! We are here to help with almost anything.
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Old Dec 17, 2003, 04:39 PM   #6
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My personal favorite is the DFI lanparty B board, it hits higher FSBs on lower voltages than any of my NF7-S rev2 boards were able to, it also doesnt have any weird little quirks like the NF7-S.

I have heard great things about the leadtek limited edition mobo, if you can find one anywhere (I couldn't) I would reccomed one of those.
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Old Dec 17, 2003, 06:00 PM   #7
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thanks for that! i think im gna get a Gigabyte N400PRO2.

rofl just tried to customize my avatar and it says i must have over 500 posts b4 I can use a custom one 1!!!!

This tr00f?!
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Old Dec 17, 2003, 06:07 PM   #8
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Yes sorry you have to have 500 posts before you can have a avatar. The reason some others have one(with less than 500 posts) is either because of a contest or special help here at DH.
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Old Dec 17, 2003, 06:24 PM   #9
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Am I allowed to spam then? or isnt that allowed?
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Old Dec 17, 2003, 06:27 PM   #10
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Am I allowed to spam then? or isnt that allowed?

LMAO! More you mean you know we run a good clean forum here! Spam is a no, no.
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Old Dec 17, 2003, 06:34 PM   #11
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I will just keep u talking here then and eventually hit 500

Are you the head guy or somat?
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Old Dec 17, 2003, 06:40 PM   #12
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LOL, Lord no. I am an admin here on the moderation staff here at DH. Zardon is the site owner and we all work together to keep the site nice. Lots of great guys here who all are so important to making DH as good as it is.

I hope you stick around and I will see you around the forums bud. As I realize this is turning into a spam fest between me and you, Have a great day!
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Old Dec 17, 2003, 06:42 PM   #13
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lol @ that!

sure will stick around byez
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Old Dec 17, 2003, 09:20 PM   #14
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thanks for that! i think im gna get a Gigabyte N400PRO2.
I would suggest trying to find an GA-7N400 Pro ...not the pro 2.... the first innitial board was much better
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Old Dec 17, 2003, 10:56 PM   #15
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learn more about nforce here

http://www.nvidia.com/page/nforce.html
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Old Dec 19, 2003, 06:35 AM   #16
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I can only find 7N400PRO2 in my area wildchild whats better on the older board?
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Old Dec 19, 2003, 04:59 PM   #17
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Im curious as well since wildchild holds the highest AMD 3DMark Score on the board.


We have the PRO2 board upstairs powering an athlon XP2500+ at 2.35GHz stable on air.

(Thats a 28% clock speed increase)
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Old Dec 19, 2003, 07:35 PM   #18
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excellent, thats what Im hoping to get also a PRO2 and XP 2500+ or maybe 26/2700+. Performs well does it?
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Old Dec 19, 2003, 08:02 PM   #19
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remember, any barton after week 39 will be locked.
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Old Dec 19, 2003, 08:04 PM   #20
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eh?
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Old Dec 21, 2003, 02:13 PM   #21
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How can you tell if your Barton chip was made after week 39? IS there a util like Aida32 that can tell you?

I cant seem to O/C higher than 220FSB without things getting hairy, so 2.3gbz is very good!
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after its stepping code will be 4 numbers, the last 2 tell you the week it was made in, and the 1st 2 tell you the year.

Usually the later the week the better the overclock you get out of it. (In some cases thats not true, I have a week 3 tbred B, and I hit 2.5GHz with it)
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Old Dec 21, 2003, 11:00 PM   #23
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Is this the right info?
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Old Dec 21, 2003, 11:17 PM   #24
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no, its written on the CPU.
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Old Dec 22, 2003, 04:57 PM   #25
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So what'd rekon I could get out of a 2700+? wish it was new year already wona buy meh stuff!
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Old Dec 23, 2003, 09:25 AM   #26
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Okay. I may have to buy another motherboard other than Gigabyte, so could anyone recommend me a good motherboard featuring nForce 2 (Abit, Asus, MSI and Epox).

Thanks
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Old Dec 23, 2003, 05:30 PM   #27
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Hmmmm I would say the Abit NF7-S rev 2.0
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Old Dec 23, 2003, 05:32 PM   #28
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DFI Lanparty rev.B

just this one works better than the best NF7-S rev2 I had.
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Old Dec 25, 2003, 04:58 PM   #29
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